Dhaka, April 5 -- Two brothers drowned in a pond near their home in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur on Sunday.

The deceased were identified as Yasin, 8, and Rusel, 6, sons of Abul Bashar and Shahina Begum of the village.

The incident occurred in the afternoon in Kutubpur village under Rupsha Uttar Union of the upazila.

Quoting the family, acting chairman of the local union parishad Zahirul Islam said the two brothers studied at a local Hafezia madrasa. Like any other day, they returned home around noon and went to bathe in the pond.

As their mother was busy with household chores, she did not notice their absence immediately. When they did not return after a long time, family members searched for them and later found their bodies floatin...